Sarah Gertrude Banks

Dr.
Sarah Gertrude Banks
Picture of Sarah Gertrude Banks
BornJune 1839
Walled Lake, Michigan, United States
DiedJanuary 10, 1926 (aged 86)
Alma materUniversity of Michigan Medicine (M.D.)
Occupations

Dr. Sarah A. Gertrude Banks[1] (June 1839 – January 10, 1926)[2][3][note 1] was an American physician and suffragist. She was the second woman physician to practice in Detroit, caring for the upper- and lower-class; one of her patients was Clara Bryant Ford. An avid suffragist and friends with Susan B. Anthony, she earned her M.D. from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1873, and also became the resident physician of the Women's Hospital and Foundling's Home (now Hutzel Women's Hospital) in Detroit. In addition, Banks co-founded its Free Dispensary for Women and Children, which provided free medical care and improved staff training. She promoted the first free children's playground with sufficient supervision in that same city, and was among the first women to graduate from her university.

  1. ^ Cambell Hurd-Mead, Kate (1933). Medical Women of America: a short history of the pioneer medical women of America and a few of their colleagues in England. New York: Froben Press. pp. 47–49.
  2. ^ Gleit, Jonathan (February 15, 2016). "Detroit Suffrage Pioneer Sarah Gertrude Banks". Detroit Historical Society. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  3. ^ Journal of the American Medical Association. Vol. 86. American Medical Association. 1926. p. 434.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records. "Dr Sarah Gertrude Banke [sic] in the Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867–1952". Ancestry.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ The Windsor Star; Publication Date: 12 Jan 1926. "Sarah Gertrude Banks in the Canada, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s–current". Ancestry.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Dr Sarah Gertrude Banks in the U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s–Current". Ancestry.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.


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